President Trump's massive military parade could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to the White House budget director.

During an appearance before the House Budget Committee on Wednesday to defend the administration's $4.4 trillion budget request, Mick Mulvaney estimated the price tag for a military parade in the nation's capital would fall between $10 million and $30 million, depending on the size, scope and length of the affair.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., as she assailed Mulvaney over the potential impact of the Trump budget's cuts to social programs, asked the budget chief about Trump's desire to hold a military parade, which she said sounds "very similar to those held in authoritarian countries like in North Korea."

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The last time Washington held a military parade was 1991, after the Gulf War ended. A group of helicopters arrive near a Harrier jet on Capitol Hill on June 7, 1991. The military hardware was on display ahead of the National Victory Celebration.
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President George Bush lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, June 8, 1991, in memory of America's war dead. The wreath-laying was a solemn prelude to a Persian Gulf War victory celebration featuring a parade, feast and fireworks. At right is Sgt. 1st Class Edmond J. Gittens, 3rd U.S. Infantry of Trinidad.
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President George Bush chats with a soldier atop a Combat Engineering Vehicle on the Mall in Washington, June 7, 1991. The president went to the Mall to see the military hardware on display ahead of the National Victory Celebration.
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Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and President Bush watch the National Victory Parade in Washington on June 8, 1991. Schwarzkopf led his troops in the parade, and then joined Bush in the reviewing stand.
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell playfully tugs the arms of Secretary of State James A. Baker III while viewing the National Victory Parade in Washington June 8, 1991. Thousands turned out to view the parade.
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Marine Capt. John Knight, from Fort Wayne, Ind., stationed at Cherry Point, N.C., with the 2nd Marine Division, right, enjoys the picnic for the troops on the Ellipse in Washington on June 8, 1991, with his nephew, Steven Smith, 6, from Laurel, Md. The picnic was held following the National Victory Parade.
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